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WO2013067599A3
WO2013067599A3 PCT/AU2012/001389 AU2012001389W WO2013067599A3 WO 2013067599 A3 WO2013067599 A3 WO 2013067599A3 AU 2012001389 W AU2012001389 W AU 2012001389W WO 2013067599 A3 WO2013067599 A3 WO 2013067599A3
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Jipeng LIN
Helen M. Pask
David James Spence
Craig J. Hamilton
Graeme P. A. MALCOLM
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Priority to US14/355,734 priority patent/US9941660B2/en
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Abstract

A tunable lasing device including a vertical external cavity surface emitting laser, adapted to generate a fundamental laser beam in response to pumping from a pump source, said fundamental laser beam having a fundamental wavelength and a fundamental linewidth; a fundamental resonator cavity adapted to resonate the fundamental beam therein; a first optical element located within the fundamental resonator cavity for control of the fundamental linewidth of the fundamental beam; a Raman resonator located at least partially in said fundamental resonator adapted to receive the fundamental beam and comprising therein, a solid state Raman active medium located therein for generating at least a first Stokes beam from the fundamental beam wherein said Raman resonator cavity is adapted to resonate said Stokes beam therein and further adapted to emit an output beam; and further comprising a nonlinear medium located within the Raman resonator cavity for nonlinear frequency conversion of at least one of the beams present in the fundamental or the Raman resonator cavity; said tunable lasing device further comprising an output coupler adapted to emit an output beam, said output beam comprising at least a portion of said frequency converted beam being derived from at least one of the resonating beams in said fundamental or said Raman resonator cavities.
PCT/AU2012/001389 2011-11-09 2012-11-09 Wavelength versatile vecsel raman laser WO2013067599A2 (en)

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JP2014540277A JP2015507348A (en) 2011-11-09 2012-11-09 Tunable VECSEL Raman laser
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US14/355,734 US9941660B2 (en) 2011-11-09 2012-11-09 Wavelength versatile vecsel raman laser
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